Metal car end



Nov. 27 1923.

W. E. VAN DORN METAL CAR END Original Filed Nov. ,30 1920 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR. 7/. Z. W W

,TORNEYS.

Nov. 27, 1923. 1,475,611

W. E, VAN DORN METAL CAR END Original Filed Nov. 20, 1920 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVEN T OR.

as BY A TTORNEYS.

Nov. 27 1923. 1,4756]. 1

W. E. VAN DOIRN METAL CAR END Original Filed Nov. 20) 1.920 4 Sheets-Sheet 5 F 1 Q. I 1 4a 40 L/ Ju INVENTOR. v

BY 2 I 7 i f ATTORNEYS.

Nov. 27, 1923.

W. E. VAN DORN METAL CAR END Original Filed Nov. 20, 3.920 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 FIGJS.

INVENTOR 715'. $14M $2M. BY

ATTOR NEY Application filed November '20,

To all whom it may] Be it known that T,

Donn, a citizen of mrEo STATES PATENT OFFI E- WILLIAM E. VAN DORN, ()Ili CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

METQJL CAR END.

concern:

WILLIAM E. VAN the United States, residing at Chicago, county of Cook, State of 6 llllinois, have invented useful Improvement in declare the following a certain new and Metal Car Ends, and to be a full, clear, and

exact description of the same, such as Wlll enable others skilled in the art to which it 1" pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to ings, which form a My invention a simple and novel the accompanyi drawpart of this speci cation.

has for 1ts object to produce sheet metal car end which 51 may easily be applied and which will make the end of a car body very strong with a minimum weight of material.

The various features of novelty whereby my invention is characterized will herein- 2 after he pointed out with particularity in the claims; but, my inventipn and tages," reference may be for a full understanding of of its object and advanhad to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying Figure 1 is an elevation of wherein drawings,

one-half oi. a

' metal end for a box car arranged in accordance-with one Fig. 2 1s a secti Fig.

form of my invention;

on taken approximately on line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken approx- Fig. 1;

Fig. 1, showing I the other half oft-the end together with the associated parts for attaching it to the adjacent side of the a Fig. 5 is a on line 5-5 section taken of Fig. 4;

car body;

approximately Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the 'interior of one corner sheet metal end somewhat that shown in Fi Fig. 7 is a through the structure shown in Figs. 8, 9 and 10 of a car body having a different" from s. 1 to 5;

orizontal section taken Fig. 6;

are views similar to Fig.

7 illustrating still other modifications;

Fig. 11 is a perspective view of one endo venti on, portions bein pose other portions w r be hidden;

gondola car embodying the present inbroken away to ex-' ich would otherwise -Fig.12 is a transverse horizontal section through that portion of the car shown in Fig. 11, on an enlarged scale;

Fig.1?) is an end view of a car embodyof a lap joint, 3,

tical plane forming an tion' a, extend 1920, Serial No. 425,316. Renewed July 13, teas.

ing my invention in another form, both the floor frame and roof structure being shown;

Fig. 14 is a side elevation of that end of the car shown in Fig. 13; and

Fig. 15 is a section taken approximately on line 15-15 of Fig. 13.

Referring to the first five figures of the drawings, 1 and 2 represent two sheet metal plates each of the full width of the car body, the plate 1 being adapted to form the lower halfof the car end and the plate 2 the upper half. "The two plates are joined together in any suitable way as, for example, by'jmeans in which a bottom marginal portion of the upper plate overlaps a top marginal portion of the lower plate and is riveted thereto. The car end thus formed may be sha ed in any suitable way at the top and at t e bottom for attachmentto the door and roof structures. A flat marginal portion, 4, is provided at each side edge or side of the metal end, the space between these-o. flat -marginal portions containing transverse corrugations' which, in the arrangement shown, completely fill this space. The ends of the corrugations are flattened as indicated at 6, so that all the-ends thereof at one side of the car angle, preferably forty-five degrees an acute angle of about with the plane ner illustrated in Figs. d and 5, in which 7 represents one of the side walls of the car, body terminating broa ly speaking, may be said to or the side wall. Lying agai toned ends of the corrugationsis a vertical reinforcing bar, 9, which, in the arrangement shown, is a comparatively wide plate bent so as to overlie the adjacent flat marginal porbeyond the latter, and then continue around the corner. so as to overlap the end of the side wall as indicated at 10; the reinforcing bar being preferably fastened to .each fiat corrugation end by means of rivets, to the adjacent fiat marginal portion of the sheet by means of rivets, 12. On the inner side of the-side wall of the car are any desired number of straps, 13, each of which has one end, 14, Sh ped to fit within one or more of the corrugations and lie against the inner face of the flattened end or ends thereof. The other end of each of the straps be a part lie in a single ver-- in a corner post, 8, which,

11, and being also attached of the sheet. The metal and may be attached to the car *body in the manserving to attach the metal en '14, of th for any desired distance and in any desired direction. A

It will be seen that the flattening of the ends of the corrugations permits the formation of a post-like arrangement transversely to the corrugations and at the ends thereof, so asgreatly to stiffen the structure. At the same time these flattened ends provide'excellent seats for attachment of lates or bars d to the sides of the car body. 7

It will be seen that the reinforcing bars pass directly over the lap joint between the two sheets, thus giving added strength to the connection between the two sheets.

' In Figs. 6 and 7 I have illustrated a structure slightly different from that shown in Figs. 1 to 5, the flat marginal flange, 16,;of the corrugated sheet, 17, being bent inwardly or rearwardly at right angles to the plane of the sheet so as to lie against the inner former by side of the corner post, 8. The reinforcing ba-r, ,18, is substantially the same as the bar 9, while the plates, 13, on the inner side of the side wall of the car body are the same as the corresponding plates in the other form. The bolts, 15, in this instance pass through the member 13, the flange 16, the post 8 and the flange 10 on the reinforcing bar;

In Fig. 8 the flat. marginal side portion, 19, of the corrugated sheet, 20, is made wide enough so as to be flanged around the outer side of the corner post, as indicated at 21. The reinforcing bar, 22, is angle-shaped in cross section, lyingagainst the flattened ends of the corrugations and the adjacent portion of the flat margin, 19, being secured to the the rivets, 11, and to the latter byri'vets, 23.

ll'n Figs. 1 to 8the corrugations in the metal end are shown as being directed wholly outwardly from the normal plane of the sheet. My invention is of course not limited t0...th is particular arrangement but is applicable to sheets in which the tions are directed inwardly, whole, from the normal corrugain part or in plane of the sheet; Thus, in Fig. 9 there is shown a construction in which the corrugations, 24, are directed inwardly, from the normal plane of th sheet, 25, the flat marginal side 1- tion, 26, being in the normal plane. he vertical reinforcin bar, 27, should in this instance be place on the inside 80 ll?- to avoid the necessity end edges of the side walls of the car ament of forming ears or projections along one edge for entry into the corrugations, as would be necessary ifthe reinforcingbar were placed on the outside. In the construction shown, the reinforcing bar is roughly V-shaped in cross section, one flange, against the flattened ends, 6,-of the corrugations and being riveted thereto by means of rivets, 29, while-the other flange, 30, lies against the inner side of the post 8. The flat marginal portions at the sides of the sheet may be connected. to the sides of the car body in any suitable way. In the arrangement shown, the part 26 is carried around the corner post as indicated at 31, in

much the same way as in Fig. 8. llf desired,

straps, 32, corresponding to the straps 13 in the other forms may extend'inwardly along the sides of the car body from the reinforcing bar; suitable bolts, 33, passing through the flange 30 of the reinforcing bar, through the ends of the straps 32, the post and the flange 31, serving to unite the various parts of the carbody.

In Fig. 10 there is sliown an arrangement.

similar to that in Fig. 9 adapted for use in a car body in which the side wall, 34, does not terminate in a corner post. The metal end itself, and the reinforcing bar are substantially the same as in Fig. 9, but. the holding plates, 35, are bent away from the side wall as they approach the end wall, so

as to lie approximately at right angles to the plane of the flattened ends of the corrugations, being then bent back upon themselves so that their extreme end portions, 36, lie parallel with said plane there being rivets, 37, passingthrough the flattened ends, 6, the overlying flange of the reinforcing bar, and the parts 36 of the holding straps.

In Figs. 11 and 12 there is illustrated a simple end construction for gondola cars, the metal end beingmade of a single corrugated sheet, 40, having flat marginal side 28, thereof lying portions, 41, extended inwardly and lying against the inner faces 43, lie against the flat ends of the corrugations, are continued outwardly acrosi 1 11s and are then flanged, as indicated at 44, db: as to engage the outer faces of the side walls of thecar body. The reinforcing plates are riveted to the end sheet by means of suitable rivets, 45, while bolts, 46, pass through the-flat marginal portions 41, the

flanges 44, andthecar sides interposed between these elements. Along the upper edges of the sides and ends of the car body is a bulb 'angle plate, 47, one of whose flanges isvertical and the other horizontal and extends outwardly; the vertical flange,

of the side walls, 42, of the car body. The reinforcing plates,

48, of themember 47 lying behind the upper I margiiial portion of the sheet 40.

- metal end; Similarly, reinforcing bar is vcarried down past the metal end.

-passing through the underlyinCg ,lower end of the reinforcing bar,

bolts, 65, passing through thesame,

In the arrangement shown in Figs. 13 to 15, the metal end is made up of three hori zontal anels, 51, 52 and 53, secured to: gether y suitable "lap joints, 3. The flat marginal portions at the sides of the panels are flanged aroundthe corners of the car body as indicated at M. Each corner is re-* inforced by means of a vertical reinforcing bar, 55, having one flange or wing lying against the flattened ends, 6, of the corrugations and the other flange or wing lying against the flat marginalportion immediately adjacent to the ends of the corrugations. The reinforcing bar may be attached to the corner post by means of bolts, 56, reinforcing bar, the flat marginal portion of the metal en and the post. inner marginal bar, as indicated at 57, may extend beyond the flattened ends of the corrugations and overlie the undeformed portions of the corrugations adjacent to the flattened ends; rivets, 58, passing through the part 57 of the reinforcing bar and the high portions of the corrugationsfserving to fasten the bar rigidly to the several panels. As in the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the reinforcing bar at the corner extends over the lap joints between the several panels. '11. he upper end of the reinforcing bar is carried high enough to permit it to be attached to the roof struc-' ture, conventionally indicated at 59, by means of suitable bolts, 60, independently of the fastenings for the upper panel of the the lower end of the end sill, 61, of the floor frame of the car and it, is bolted to this end sill independently of the panels. lnthe arrangement shown, the lower end of the reinforcing bar extends behind, an angular corner plate, 62, one wing or flange of which lies against the front face of the end sill and the other wing .or flange of which extends across the end of the end sill. Bolts, 63, passing through the front flange or wing of the member 62, the and the end sill, fasten these elements securely to gether. 7

Added stiffness may be given to the corner by placing within the same an angle iron post, 64:, one flange of which lies against the corner post, 8, and the other against the inner surface of the sheet metalend. One flange of the post- 64 may be riveted to the. sheet metal end while the other may be fastened to the post, conveniently by means of throu h d-t'hrough the flange-54 on t e The bolts, 65, may also pass through the outer ends of reinforcing straps, 66, extending inwardly along the side of the car from the end.

While l have the post, an

il ust a e aa l. descri ed.

If desired, the portion of the reinforcing' verse corrugations ing from the my invention with only a single form of do not desire to be slight modifications, I

limited to this particular form or to the particular type or arrangement of'corrugations illustrated; but intend to cover all forms and arrangements which come within the terms emplhyed in the definitions of' my invention constituting the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A sheet metal car end having flat marginal portions at two of the sides and provided between said flat marginal portions with a plurality of corrugations extending transversely of said marginal portions and merging into each other so that the sheet has a sinuous configuration transversely of the corrugations, the ends of the corrugations being flattened so the corresponding ends thereof on each of said sides of the sheet lie in a plane making an acute angle with the plane of the sheet;

2. A sheet metal car end having transverse corrugations terminating in the vi-- cinity of the sides of the sheet, said corrugations merging into each other so that the sheet has a sinuous configuration transversely of the corrugations the ends of the corrugations being flattened so that corresponding ends thereof on each side of the sheet decrease gradually in depth and lie in a vertical plane making an angle with cured to said flattened ends at each end of the corrugations.-

4. A sheet metal car end having transterminating in the vicinity of the sides of the sheet, said corrugations merging into each other so that the sheet" has a sinuous configuration transversely of the corrugations the ends of the corrugationsbeing flattened so that corre-- sponding ends thereof on each side of the sheet lie in a vertical plane making an acute angle with the plane of the sheet.

5. A sheet metal car end having at the sides marginal portions bent at an angle to the plane ofthe sheet for attachment to the side face of a car body side or post, together with transverse corrugations extendvicinity of one of said marginal portions to the vicinity of the other, said corrugations merging into each other so that the sheet has a sinuous configuration transversely of the corrugations the ends of said corrugations being flattened so that the corresponding ends thereof'at each side of thesheet having translllltl decrease gradually 1 in depth and lie in a vertical plane forming an angle with the plane of the sheet.

6. A sheet metal car end having at the sides marginal portions bent at an angle to the plane of the sheet for attachment to the side face of a car body side or post, together with transverse corrugations extending from the vicinity of one or" said marginal portions to the vicinity of the other, the ends of said corrugationsbeing flattened so that .the corresponding ends thereof at each side of the sheet lie in a vertical plane forming an angle with the plane of the sheet, and a vertical reinforcing bar lying against and secured to said flattened ends at each end of the corrugations.

7. In combination, a car body having sides and a sheet metal end, said sheet metal end having flat marginal portions at. the sides engaged with the ad]acent parts of the car body sides and having transverse corrugations extending between said marginal portions, the ends of said corrugations being flattened so that the corresponding ends thereof at each side of the sheet -lie in a vertical plane making an angle with the plane of the sheet, and vertical re inforcing bars secured respectively to said flattenedends and to the car body sides.

8. In combination, ,a car body having sides and a sheet metal end, said sheet metal end having flat marginal portions at the sides engaged with the ad acent parts of the car body sides and having transverse corrugations extending between said marginal portions, the ends of said corrugations being flattened so,that the corresponding ends thereof at each side of the sheet lie in a vertical plane making, an acute angle with the plane of the sheet, and vertical reinforcing bars secured respectively to said flattened ends and to the car body sides. V ,o

arsen 9. In cnmbination, a car body having sides and a sheet metal end, said sheet metal end having flat marginal portions at the sides engaged with the adjacent parts of the car loo y sides and having transverse corrugations extending between said marginal portions, the ends of said corrugations being flattened so that the corresponding ends thereof at each side of the sheet lie in a vertical plane making an acute angle with the lane of the sheet, and metal pieces secured respectively to said flattened ends of the corrugations and to the said car body sides.

10. In combination, a car body having sides and a sheet metal end, said sheet metal end being made of a plurality of transverse panels each having transverse corrugations, the ends of said corrugations being flattened so as to lie in a vertical plane making an angle with the plane of the sheet, and vertical reinforci bars extending continuously from top to ottom of said metal end and secured respectively to the flattened ends of the corrugations and to the car body sides.

ill. .The combination with the side walls of a car body having side body, of a sheet metal end flanged atithe verse corrugations decreasing gradually in wall posts, the floor frame and the roof structure of a car depth at their ends to flatten the latter, an- I choring straps riveted at one 'end to the flattened ends of the corrugations and extending inwardly along the side Walls of 'the car body to said s de wall posts, and

means for securin said straps to said osts. In testimony whereof, I sign this specification.

f WHJLIAM n. VAN DORN. 

